Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Laguna M.1
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PoolsideSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 29.3 to 20.3.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Poolside |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207), Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1348 |
| LMArena Coding | 1247 | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164), Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219), Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1251 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1244 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1250 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 89% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1221 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1240 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222), Laguna M.1: —
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Laguna M.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | — |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1243 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Laguna M.1?
Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Laguna M.1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 36.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Laguna M.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.